From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 352

"Eighty thousand! The governor of Sanbian actually sent 80,000 troops to support the Central Plains! Are they crazy!"

Zhang Bailong slapped his palm on the table and clenched his fist.

Sanbian has always been the most important defense town of Dajin. Under the watchful eyes of the Mongolian cavalry, they dare not slack off all year round.

Now the empress dares to withdraw 80,000 troops and horses, and there are also a large number of cavalry. Isn't she afraid that Mongolia will get the news and take the opportunity to invade!

This crazy woman is going to fight to the death with me, Zhang Bailong!

Zhao Yunhu whispered: "Your Majesty, could it be fake news?"

"No way."

Zhang Bailong waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Tian Ren has always been cautious in doing things, and the code mark corresponds correctly. It is a serious matter. He can't easily write a letter without verification."

"Eighty thousand troops rushing to the Central Plains to help is likely to be true."

Zhao Yunhu sneered: "It is said that Zhou Yuan is deeply trusted by the empress, and it is true. The empress is angry and embarrassed."

"Your Majesty, we only need to pass the news to Meng Ancient, 80,000 troops will retreat without fighting. "

Zhang Bailong suddenly turned around and looked at Zhao Yunhu, his eyes full of murderous intent, and said word by word: "Do you want to be a traitor?"

Zhao Yunhu was startled, and hurriedly stepped back two steps, lowered his head and said: "I dare not."

Zhang Bailong said in a deep voice: "What I, Zhang Bailong, want to do is to lead my brothers to fight for a peaceful world and give the people of the world a bright future. Fighting and winning are just means. "

"Who dares to sell out the country to foreign races and become a traitor who is worse than pigs and dogs , I, Zhang Bailong, will never tolerate it! "

Zhao Yunhu hurriedly said: "I was wrong for a moment, please forgive me, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, the 80,000 troops broke through Shanzhou and went south from the north. Can you send troops from Luoyang to intercept them?"

Zhang Bailong waved his hand and said: "No, Luoyang is where the imperial palace is located, and the army cannot attack easily."

"Now Nanyang has more than 150,000 troops from Juyingcheng, Songyang, Runing and Nanyang. Why should we be afraid of 80,000 troops?"

"If you want to seize the world and achieve great things, it is naturally impossible to go smoothly. , I, Zhang Bailong, have encountered many difficulties, so I don't care about one or two more!"

Zhao Yunhu said: "But your majesty, the 30,000 surrendered soldiers of the Fifth Army Camp... after all, we need someone to keep an eye on them!"

"Otherwise, if a fight breaks out in the front, they will stab us in the back, and that will be uncomfortable."

Zhang Bailong was silent for a moment, and then said: "Leaving 20,000 infantry behind is enough to subdue them."

After all, these soldiers of the Fifth Army Camp have already lost their weapons and armor, and 20,000 people are still enough to subdue them.

Zhao Yunhu said: "I have a plan. Why not gather troops and march north to intercept the 80,000 troops in the area of ​​Funiu Mountain and fight them to the death."

"Funiu Mountain is high and dangerous with dense forests. The soldiers of the Jin Dynasty in the northern border are used to the wind and sand, and may not be able to adapt to mountain warfare. At the same time, their cavalry has lost its function."

"And we peasant soldiers have been running in the mountains since we were young. It is considered a local battle, which is very bad."

"Besides, they went south to attack Nanyang and traveled thousands of miles. They didn't expect us to set an ambush in Funiu Mountain. They must not have had enough rest. We are waiting for them to tire themselves out and just encircle and annihilate them."

Zhang Bailong's eyes lit up and he nodded immediately, "Okay! I order you to be the vanguard, and immediately organize the army to set off and set an ambush in Funiu Mountain . "

"When the battle is intense, the soldiers from Luoyang can also attack from the back, leaving no one of the 80,000 troops to escape."

"In this way, the Jin Dynasty will no longer have the national strength to attack the Central Plains for at least three years."

Zhao Yunhu said: "I obey your order!"

"Wait!"

Zhang Bailong remembered what Tian He said in the letter, and then said in a deep voice: "The enemy army came in plain clothes, with a red cloth tied on their right arm. I am afraid they will remove the cloth and blend in with us, winning in the chaos."

"You let the soldiers tie white cloth strips, and never confuse the opponent and harm their own brothers."

Zhao Yunhu said: "I understand, please rest assured, Your Majesty."

...

It was summer, and the sky was full of morning glow in the east.

Empress Zhao Jing frowned, and closed her eyes while drinking soup, and I don't know what she was thinking.

Soon, she turned around and asked, "Xiao Zhuang, is there any news from Zhongyuan?"

Xiao Zhuang shook his head gently and said, "Not yet."

Empress Zhao Jing frowned and said in a deep voice, "It's been a month, and there is still no new news? How big is the game played by Junior Brother? Does he want to eliminate Zhang Bailong in one fell swoop? Impossible!"

Xiao Zhuang said, "Your Majesty, please be patient. Zhou Yuan is still sensible in doing things. As long as there is new information, he will write to Your Majesty as soon as possible. The inner guards will also report at any time. Maybe they are on the way."

As soon as the voice fell, the voice of the female guard outside rang: "Your Majesty, there is a letter from Zhongyuan."

"Bring it in quickly!"

Zhao JingThe empress stood up, took the letter and looked at it. Her face turned pale and she sat back down.

Xiaozhuang glanced at the letter and said, "Your Majesty, don't panic. This may be part of Zhou Yuan's plan. Otherwise, the Five Army Camps would not have surrendered to Zhang Bailong."

Empress Zhaojing gritted her teeth and said, "Of course I know this is a false surrender, but... but Junior Brother thinks too highly of me..."

"If the news of the 30,000 people in the Five Army Camps falsely surrendered to the court, those civil servants would eat me up!"

At this point, she couldn't help but hold her head and said helplessly, "I have to listen to their quarrel again."

Xiaozhuang chuckled and said, "When Zhou Yuan sends a victory report later, everything will be over. The surrender of the Five Army Camps proves that Zhou Yuan's current plan is going smoothly."

Empress Zhaojing said, "This is a false surrender. I'm putting him on the spot. Forget it. He's doing big things. I can't not even bear this little pressure on him. At most, I'll agree to let Yuehai go to war. "

Xiaozhuang covered his mouth and whispered, "They don't just want to fight, the most important thing is money."

"Money?"

Empress Zhaojing sneered, "You can give me your life, but I won't give you a penny. The Central Plains has been in chaos for more than two years. It takes too much money to restore people's livelihood. We must not let them take it to the south to squander."

...

Ye Qingying hurriedly walked out of the room, her face full of impatience, and exclaimed, "Zhou Yuan, Zhou Yuan is in trouble!"

Zhou Yuan was also startled. There can't be any mistakes at this critical moment.

"Shaanzhou, there are carrier pigeons flying to Nanyang from Shanzhou, and they are going to Zhuyang Town. We failed to intercept them."

"Once the news of Shanzhou's safety reaches Zhang Bailong's ears, all plans will fail."

Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand, saying, "You scared me, it's okay, it's okay, I'm going back to the palace."

Ye Qingying said, "No, did you hear what I said clearly!"

"I said the news of Shanzhou has reached Nanyang!"

"Zhang Bailong knows that everything is fine there!"

Zhou Yuan looked at him, smiled lightly, and said, "Who told you that Shanzhou is fine?"

"Ah?"

Ye Qingying glared and said, "What do you mean?"

Zhou Yuan said: "The day before yesterday, 4,000 soldiers from my five camps attacked Shanzhou by surprise. They climbed up the city wall late at night and wiped out all 6,000 defenders!"

"Shanzhou has been taken."

Ye Qingying was stunned and stammered: "No, no... How come there are another 4,000 soldiers? Where did they come from?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Did you forget what I told you last night? I sent four teams out, but now there are only Shi Yi and Wang Xiong in Gujing Village, Song County. The other two ambushed the remnants of Zhao Yunhu at Qiding Mountain in Yuzhou and rushed directly to Shanzhou."

"There is almost no defense over there, so it was easily taken."

Ye Qingying murmured: "You...you didn't tell me this!"